The Right to Make Mistakes? The Limits to Adaptive Planning for Climate Change

Andrew Kirby
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Andrew Kirby: Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100, USA

Challenges, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: While the UN recognizes the right of individuals “to take risks and make mistakes”, there are reasons to question whether this right can be universal. In the context of a changing climate, it is imperative that individuals have access to a safe and sustainable environment; yet we must ask if this covenant is broken if people choose to place themselves in harm’s way. In its first part, this paper explores outcomes of climate change denial, manifested as continued migration to dangerous locations, and skepticism for adaptive strategies. The second half of the paper explores how localities can create a false narrative concerning risks, and asks whether communities also have a right to make mistakes?

Keywords: climate change; risk; risk communication; floods; adaptation; local governments; rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 C00 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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